Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 2014

Karur

Parliamentary constituency 23 (GEN) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 2014

[01]Result · 2014

#23 · GEN

Poll date24 Apr 2014

Contestants25Candidate lines

Electors12,98,322

Votes polled10,46,534

Turnout80.6%

NOTA13,7631.1% of votes

WinnerThambidurai,m.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam5,40,72251.7% of votes

MARGIN1,95,247 votes · 18.7 pp5,40,722 − 3,45,475

Runner-upChinnasamy, M. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam3,45,47533.0% of votes

AIADMK 61.0% of top-two votesDMK 39.0%

All candidates 25

01 Thambidurai,m.AIADMK5,40,722 51.7%
02 Chinnasamy, M.DMK3,45,475 33.0%
03 Krishnan, N.S.DMDK76,560 7.3%
04 Jothimani, S.INC30,459 2.9%
05 Maruthaiveeran, V.BSP5,694 0.5%
06 Balasubramanian, G.IND4,486 0.4%
07 Prakash, N.IND4,280 0.4%
08 Chinnasamy, M.IND3,719 0.4%
09 Selvaraj, S.IND3,552 0.3%
10 Valaiyapathi, R.AAP2,440 0.2%
11 Chinnasamy, V.IND2,108 0.2%
12 Kannan, P.IND1,436 0.1%
13 Gowrimani, S.IND1,433 0.1%
14 Thamilalagan, A.IND1,387 0.1%
15 Maneeshankar, M.G.RASHTR1,276 0.1%
16 Mahendran, T.IND1,024 0.1%
17 Vigneshwaran, M.IND981 0.1%
18 Murugesan, M.SP848 0.1%
19 Vijay, J.IND847 0.1%
20 Manickavasagam, A.IND831 0.1%
21 Saraswathy, K.CPIML813 0.1%
22 Ravi, S.P.IND732 0.1%
23 Kannan, S.IND668 0.1%
24 Ravichandran, V.UMK563 0.1%
25 Murugaan, N.IND437 0.0%

Turnout 80.6%

Male 6.42 lakh49.4% Female 6.57 lakh50.6%

Share of 12,98,322 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males1,023
NOTAcounted within the total13,763 · 1.1%
State median turnoutmedian of 39 seats, 201475.5%
ReconciliationΣ 25 candidates = 10,32,771Verified

Seat history 2024–1962

2024
14.7 pp
Jothimani. SIndian National Congress
2019
38.1 pp
Jothimani SIndian National Congress
2014
18.7 pp
Thambidurai,m.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2009
5.7 pp
Thambidurai.MAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2004
22.5 pp
Chitthan, N. S. V.Indian National Congress
1999
3.0 pp
Sreenivaasan, C.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1998
2.5 pp
Sreenivaasan C.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996
36.9 pp
Chitthan.N.S.V.Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
1991
35.2 pp
C. SrinivasanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989
35.9 pp
Srinivasan, C.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984
24.4 pp
K.R. NatarajanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980
5.6 pp
Maya Thevar K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977
35.0 pp
Maya Thevar K.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967
24.8 pp
N. AnbuchezhianDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1962
1.0 pp
Malaichamy ThevarIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 38.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 84.7% of votes; the other 23 candidates 14.0% between them.
(5,40,722 + 3,45,475) ÷ 10,46,534 = 84.7% · 1,46,574 ÷ 10,46,534 = 14.0%
Turnout of 80.6% was 5.1 pp above the state's median seat (75.5%).
80.6 − 75.5 = +5.1
The margin widened from 5.7 pp in 2009 to 18.7 pp.
18.7 − 5.7 = +13.0 pp
Thambidurai,m. also won in 2009.
2009 winner name = 2014 winner name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 25 candidate lines10,32,771
NOTAcounted within the total13,763
Published totalVotes polled10,46,534
Checkcandidates + NOTA = totalHolds

Candidate votes plus NOTA equal the published total.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 2014 · Tamil Nadu · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates25 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 39 seats on the Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha 2014 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database